Posted 10 April 2013

‘Heads-up’ PlayStation Store update, 10th April 2013

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First up this week, the phenomenal Guacamelee! Carlos Calaca has kidnapped El Presidente’s Daughter, and he plans to sacrifice her in order to merge the World of the Living with the World of the Dead.

Juan Aguacate, an agave farmer who stumbles upon a Legendary Luchador mask, must find the strength and courage to become the hero he’s always dreamed of being and put a stop to this.

Travel through a mystical and mysterious Mexican world as a Luchador using the power of your two fists to battle evil. Uncover hidden wrestling techniques like the Rooster Uppercut, and Dimension Swap to open new areas and secrets.

Elsewhere this week, Table Mini Golf arrives on PS Vita, there’s a Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge bundle for PS3 and fresh DLC for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Oh, and PS Plus members can grab the excellent Virtue’s Last Reward for their PS Vitas as part of the Instant Game Collection. Enjoy!

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Content may be added or removed, or move dates – please stay tuned to your weekly Store Update for the most up to date listings. Listed savings are approximate, based on SRP excluding Special Offer pricing and should be considered as a guide only.

Our guys are working very hard with the publishers and developers to get these out as quickly as possible. Though we’d like to get these out this week, sadly it just couldn’t be. As soon as there’s more info on a date for any of those titles they will be announced here on the Blog. Please be patient as we get everything ready for you.

Great update, gonna love Guacamelee!Can I make a request? Is it possible for you to get Star Wars: Battlefront 2 onto the PS Store as a PS2 classic? Is there any news on this title? I would do anything to be able to play this game again :D

Still waiting for Guilty Gear XXwhatever it’s called. But hey I was pleasantly surprised by War in the North in last week’s PS+ freebies. I hate Lord of the Rings but that game gives me a nice hack n slash with satisfying combat feel and online co op multiplayer and I’ve already finished the game twice in the past week so I must enjoy it! Doing the Legendary difficulty now and may even platinum this game. And there’s so very few games I can ever be bothered to platinum…

Any word on the demo for Soul Sacrifice? It’s quite terrible watching how little the game is promoted seeing that it is the only Vita retail release till autumn and how well SCEJ managed to promote it. Also seeing how MH3 sold recently, it seems that there is an audience for these types of games.

Also, I think Chris mentioned last month that there might be Sleeping Dogs DLC sale this month. Is that still happening?

Any updates on the feedback (you replied to btw) about the stores messy DLC cataloguing? PLEASE cant you just put ALL games under an “ALL PS3 ADD-ON BY GAMES TITLE A-Z?” That way we can get to whatever games DLC we are after in a click or 2 instead of the TERRIBLE way it is now?

It doesn’t even have that option in the GAMES section. How can you SERIOUSLY not think to put in an A-Z of the games? We could then find the games gamepage and there would be all its DLC!

The US store has it so again Jawad, WHY CANT OURS HAVE IT????

Just so you know where Im coming from (and every single other EU PS3 gamer btw) Jawad, you yourself go and try to find a DLC pack for say…..Uncharted 2. Go on mate, you go try and find the dlc packs for Uncharted2 and then let me know how you did it?

When are we supposed to get new PS1 classics to the store? Only ONE game has been released in almost 3 and a half months, compared to 13 in North America!? I’m ready to pay if you only put a couple of classics up, but clearly there is nobody working on this? So please, can we expect anything (true classics!) in the next couple of weeks?

Which version of Guacamelee do I need to purchase in order to benefit from cross-buy? Or does it not matter?I only ask as the store doesn’t say and I’m aware that with games like Sly Cooper, if you purchased the Vita version you didn’t get cross-buy.

This is kinda off-topic, but I dunno where else to post this, so here: Description of some DLCs misses on important thing – region version (you know, those “BCES/BLES-0011” numbers), which is very important stuff.

Ah ha.another very below par week.vita is gonna die at this rate,don’t want it to happen as I love my vita I just fear for how long it’ll survive compared to apple and android gaming market.I remain hopeful though.

Really glad to see Guacamelee! on the store. The fact that its cross-buy is also much appreciated. I’m a big fan of DrinkBox (who isn’t right?) so I’m hope the game does really well for them. I’m actually in hospital right now after some surgery, but there’s a chance a may be discharged this evening – if I am, Guacamelee! Is getting snapped up!

Okay, Guacamelee looks pretty cool, as do a few sale items, but the Terraria situation is getting silly now. 505 submitted to all regions (PSN and XBL) at the same time, and *everywhere* else got it on time, while we don’t even know if we’re getting the game at all (given what happened with CS:GO, it seems unlikely, now that it’s been more than 1 week, meaning it didn’t simply miss the deadline to get released on time).

SCEE’s policy of silence really annoys customers, and needs to go, before it drives us all away. We prefer to know what’s going on, even if it’s sometimes bad news! ;)

I’m with MrSmadSmartAlex – it’s so frustrating how long after the US, we EU gamers so often have to wait!! As a Vita gamer, I’m really disappointed to STILL find myself waiting on Machinarium and (and to a lesser extent) Nun Attack. I understand that unforeseen issues come up and so on, but what really grates is the complete lack of communication regarding said delays! Is it really so hard to post a line or two here on the Blog, giving us an idea of what’s happening and how long we’re likely to wait. We don’t ask for much.

@ickleglover – I disagree. I actually think this week’s update is great! Yes, Terraria is still missing as it Nun Attack, but when you have Guacamelee, Table Mini Golf and half price off International Snooker in one store update for the Vita…How can you possibly complain about that?!

@Jawad – Any updates on when Terraria and Nun Attack are coming to the PS Vita?

Oh, last post (I promise) – really glad to see VLR on the Instant Game Collection! I already own a retail boxed copy, but it’s nice to have it sat there on my Vita at all times. Particularly while I’m currently in and out of hospital. I love my Vita, and I love the PS+ service. This is what helps make Vita so much more desirable than the likes of 3DS.

When are we supposed to get new PS1 classics to the store? Only one game has been released in almost 3 and a half months, compared to 13 in North America!? I’m ready to pay if you only put a couple of classics up, but clearly there is nobody working on this? So please, can we expect anything (true classics!) in the next couple of weeks?

HiI know this is very very unlikely but please could you consider doing the HD Trilogies for Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank & Sly Cooper on IGC.I know you recently done discounts on them but it would be really appreciated, I can’t find them anywhere where I live. Please Reply if you can. Thanks for reading

I can not in any way fatom why a company set and keep a policy that costs it sales and make customers hate it? I can not make a SANE reason for the demand of localised documentation for games/dlc so can SCEE get off their posteriors and get things released all over Europe again? NIS and other developersStill not seeing Disgaea 3 on the Vita here..

Following up, These PSP games are not avavible on the Store, can you get them there soon? like this century?They do not even show up in the SEN store..Final Fantasy Crisis CoreGhost in the Shell: Stand alone ComplexKingdom Hearts Birth by SleapPoPoLoCroisTales of EterniaTales of the World Radiant MythologyThrillvilleValkyrie Profile Lenneth

And finally, but not lastly. And quite importantly!Cross Region Gifting. WHEN? there are no reason to not have it?

So, Jawad, going to answer any of this or act like a fool and pretend to not see it?

I can not in any way fatom why a company set and keep a policy that costs it sales and make customers hate it? I can not make a SANE reason for the demand of localised documentation for games/dlc so can SCEE get off their posteriors and get things released all over Europe again? NIS and other developersStill not seeing Disgaea 3 on the Vita here..

Following up, These PSP games are not avavible on the Store, can you get them there soon? like this century?They do not even show up in the SEN store..Final Fantasy Crisis CoreGhost in the Shell: Stand alone ComplexKingdom Hearts Birth by SleapPoPoLoCroisTales of EterniaTales of the World Radiant MythologyThrillvilleValkyrie Profile Lenneth

And finally, but not lastly. And quite importantly!Cross Region Gifting. WHEN? there are no reason to not have it?

So, Jawad, going to answer any of this or act like a fool and pretend to not see it?

@MaxDiehardProgress migth take time, but what delayed the Vita app is just plain lazyness and dissregard for customers.. I bet if noone from Scandinavia complained about its lack, they would not have released it..

When will we get more PSX titles?They’re great for Vita. (And in general)We in Australia still have no:– Chrono Trigger (guaranteed seller)– Breath of Fire 4– Legend of Mana– Xenogears– Wild Arms II– Legend of Legaia I– Legend of Dragoon

The last two are owned by Sony so it’d be easier to put them up I would imagine. Still I could list a heap of PSX content available elsewhere and not in Australia and it sucks because i’d buy it up like hot cakes and so would many other people I know.

All that whining aside, thanks Jawad! That is a badass update and it’s totally appreciated. Especially with the sale you have going on and the new Vita update. Nice.. =)

As for the PSX stuff, i’m following up a question I asked on behalf of a community a while back. I really hope it’s something that can be looked into. No 1 fan or community can get in touch with the likes of Square Enix and get a resubmission (or a submission in general)

When will we get more PSX titles?They’re great for Vita. (And in general)We in Australia still have no:– Chrono Trigger (guaranteed seller)– Breath of Fire 4– Legend of Mana– Xenogears– Wild Arms II– Legend of Legaia I– Legend of Dragoon

The last two are owned by Sony so it’d be easier to put them up I would imagine. Still I could list a heap of PSX content available elsewhere and not in Australia and it sucks because i’d buy it up like hot cakes and so would many other people I know.

All that whining aside, thanks Jawad! That is a badass update and it’s totally appreciated. Especially with the sale you have going on and the new Vita update. Nice.. =)

As for the PSX stuff, i’m following up a question I asked on behalf of a community a while back. I really hope it’s something that can be looked into. No 1 fan or community can get in touch with the likes of Square Enix and get a resubmission (or a submission in general)

Cheaper and bigger vita memory cards for vita, for christs sake! How are we supposed to pay you money to download games when you charge a fortune for the memory cards. Regular micro sd cards only cost a few £. Thieves!

Jawad can you please explain why Terraria have yet to be release in Europe yet while on XBLA Europe it was released same day as the american release. This is not the first time this is happening and i’m sure it’s not the last time either… But why is games ALWAYS releasing last on PSN EUROPE????

Hey Jawad or anyone still answering, I was wondering why an icon for Q-Force has appeared on this weeks store. It says new this week in the Vita section, but when you click on it it says unavailable at this time.

Is this just an error, or is the Vita version immanent? Just checking in :)

Hey, i have one question. I purchased Ratchet and Clank: Qforce for ps3, and i was thinking since i don’t have a ps3, but i wanted the vita version, i thought it would give me a download code, but no, i needed a PS3, so i’m gonna go to my friend who has a PS3, but here’s my question, is it still possible to get MotorStorm RC/Ratchet and clank: Deadlocked or is it too late?

Guys, I’m begging you, Legend of Dragoon has been out in the United States for a year now. PLEASE see about bringing this SONY MADE title to PSN in Europe- there is no Third Party bull to go through- it’s yours- you own it!! :O

Jaret, “overnight fix” may be unreasonable, but expecting the store to be usable, or pulled till its in a proper working order is not.There are still massive banners, the keyboard is very slow, its hard to find content and its slow and ugly, they have had months to fix this, and it should have been properly tested instead of forced out -.-

very happy with VLR, golf looks okay for a bit of fun, guacamelee looks amazing and dont mind parting cash for it. for all you moaners and whiners if your not happy go and buy your xbox and enjoy paying your £40 subscription and getting hee haw freebies. MUPPETS.

Thanks for your reply mate but I don’t mean to be funny, I don’t know what PS3 store you’ve been using since it got a redesign but ours has been this way ever since then. Its not just something that comes and goes, its been that way CONSTANTLY.

Browsing for ANYTHING on the Store is appallingly bad and quite frankly, embarrassing and just goes to show that you guys don’t use it to browse for purchases.

Games and DLC is listed under stupid things like ‘Map packs, Extra Levels, Skins etc.” but that is no good at all. Even if it WAS adequate, when we then select one of these redundant options, when we then try and sort it A-Z it has some things listed A-Z by the GAMES name and others by the actual DLC packs NAME!

Just give us an A-Z of ALL game titles (in the games AND dlc sections) and then put each games dlc on their page so its there when we find it in that A-Z! How hard can that BE?????

Ferd, people dont like it when you have more information than they do, you know why games arent being released over here but are on the Xbox and SCEA, you claim you dont hate Europe (this clearly is not the case ._.), now this might be “against the policy” but the policy needs to change. We need to know why we arent getting games, why the QA takes so long and why we are always the last to get anything.It also needs to change that everyone gets punished when one language is not translated, I dont need to have Spanish to play a game, now would you rather have one country annoyed at the game coming out later, or a whole section?It bothers me that SCEE continues to care so little, or Sony as a company as a whole, they must be aware of all of the issues and complaints o_O.Ignoring it and repeating on the PS4 will not go down well, at all. Though neither will smoothing out all the issues for the PS4 and abandoning the PS3

Guacamelee! is very good. I love great platformers and the combat is fun.

YouTube app for Vita, you say… that’s nice. Took long enough. Strangely this news falls a bit flat because I was already using the new Vita browser video playback. Odd that the app is out on the same day. In any case support for YT, finally, after more than a year.

Netflix for Vita in Finland (and all of Scandinavia, for that matter). I have asked about this many times, you guys seem to always avoid answering. The service has been up since last year. I have the app on my PS3, Xbox360, Samsung Tab, WPhone… Not in my Vita yet.What’s taking so long? Is not like the app needs to be developed. It already exists and works in other territories… Care to comment, please?

Out of the eight games I’ve bough digitally through the Store over the past three months, six have become available through the PS+ release scheme. One game I bought only three days before you announced it for free later that week. Bam! £30 wasted! Talk about a kick in the dangly bits.

So to be honest, I simply can’t justify it anymore. As much as I would love to buy Guacamelee and support the developer, I think it’s a pretty safe bet you’ll be giving it away free in a couple of months. Buying it now is simply paying for the privilege of playing it early. Wonderful scheme Sony have here.

As great a PS+ is to many people, the rest of us are getting royally screwed over on a regular basis. Was the long term effect of PS+ even thought through, or were Sony too obsessed in beating Micosoft’s subscription model to notice?

For those downloading via browser in advance, you will have to do a search for Virtue’s Last Reward – it’s currently not showing in the PS Plus area – can’t wait to play it! Glad it has the original Japanese voices – Valkyria Chronicles 2 was kind of ruined for me having played the first in Japanese – it broke the immersion :(

I’m actually disappointed the option for English isn’t there as it was in the us version. Its nothing to do with immersion. Its to do with to me its just jiberish as I don’t speak it and I end up with the sound right down as it annoys others in the room. Still seems a decent game though.

@ShadowdragoonAs far as I now there are several copyright and licensing issues reganding some of the games you have listed, such as Final Fantasy Crisis Core, Ghost in the Shell: Stand alone Complex and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleap, so I wouldn’t expect them to be released on PSN.If you can to play these games, the better you can so is to buy a PSP, wich is very cheap a this moment in some online shops.

For the final time. Where are the Assassin’s Creed 3 avatars that the US have had since June 2012?

They are just avatars! The game has been out since October LAST YEAR and i’m not sure if I even want them anymore. Black Flag is going to be released in November. Any chance we could have them before then?

Now for a separate matter.

I am going to be moving to the US in 3 weeks. Therefore, I need to know what to do about my PSN account seeing as you do not allow ACCOUNT REGION MIGRATION.

can you possibly share information if Demon’s Souls is going to be included in the nearest future in the IGC? Or at least is it NOT out of question? It seemed like a popular demand when you guys posted a survey on the blog some time ago.

I know you cannot share the schedule for PS+ content a few months ahead, but I would appreciate if you could at least say if there potentially wasn’t any serious problems with the publisher making this deal impossible…

still no soul sacrifice demo :( at least the full release isn’t to far off. On a related note will there be a way for those of us who plan on getting soul sacrifice as a digital download be able to get the pre-order stuff? (I think its amounts to a few items and costumes)If not i think it should be mentioned somewhere so people don’t miss out on them

Is there any chance of the rest of the Legacy of Kain games coming to the PSN store, particularly Soul Reaver 2? The first two games of the series are already on the store, so I was wondering if the rest would also become available.

Is there any chance that god of war games drop prices on psn? Collection 1 and 2 are available on disc in essentials edition and are much cheaper that psn digital edition (1 game on psn cost approximately the same as collection on disc, but 1 only need god of war 2 (from collection 1), because i got god of war 1 from ps+ and i don’t want to buy gow1 second time.

When we got the new store October 2012 the makers told us they could easily and quickly make changes in the new store.The most requested change was an easy way to navigate our downloaded content. Half a year later nothing is changed. The store is often corrupt, breaks down and is still painfully slow.The other day it took me 3 tries to buy some DLC. Buying stuff should be fun and painless, it’s not.Please Sony tell us when we can see significant improvements in function and stability.

Sorry to be a bother, but I was wondering if someone could answer a question I had, as I recently found the White Knight Chronicles 2 server is planned to go down shortly, so when I found out I checked what dlc was up for it *it had been a long time since I had played the game* to my surprise there was a fair amount, so I quickly grabbed the various free packs, and threw a 20 at my credit card, intending to buy what I wanted in the morning, however come the morning, after I had transferred the cash over to my account I found to my displeasure that the vast majority of the WKC2 dlc had vanished from the PSN, with only 3 left, I’ve yet to find an answer as to what is going on, so I figured here was as good a place as any to ask, thanks for your time